Weather Eye: springtime begins

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This winter seems to have been yet another big freeze in a run of recent bitter winters, but how bad was it really?

Winter is officially over and spring begins today, according to meteorologists, although you would hardly know it from the raw northeasterly wind still sending shivers across the country.

This winter seems to have been yet another big freeze in a run of recent bitter winters, but how bad was it really? Perhaps the biggest surprise is how average this winter was — according to Met Office figures up to February 25, the temperature across the UK averaged 3.3C (37.9F), slightly below the norm by only 0.4C (0.7F). This was milder than many recent winters: 2008-09 was 3.2C (37.8F), 2009-10 was 1.6C

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